Water-cooler stand.



H. G. GORDLEY.

WATER COOLER STAND.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 26, 1910.

Patented J an. 23, 1912.

Altai Hey UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY G.,CORDLEY,' OFGLEN RIDGE, NEW JERSEY. I

WATER-COOLER. STAN-ID.

To all whom it may concern."

Be it known that I, HENRY G. ConDLEY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Glen Ridge, in the county of Essex, State of New Jersey, have invented certain newand useful Improvements in .Uater-Cooler Stands,ofwhich t-he following is a descrip-.

stand is assembled, whereby a strong andrigid stand is procured. 1

My improved stand is illustrated in the accompanying drawing, described in the following specification, and particularly claimed in the clauses of the concluding claim.

In the drawingz'Figure 1 is a view showing a section through one of the legs of a stand in which my invention is embodied, another leg being shown in. elevation and the lower ends of the legs being broken away; Fig. 2is a view showing a section taken upon a horizontal plane just above the brace member of my improved stand; Fig. 3 is a. view showing the manner in which the brace member and legs are secured togetheryFig. 4 is a view showing the upper end of a legof slightly modified form, and a portion of the ring with which the legs are connected, and Fig. 5 is a sectional view further illustrating the foi'm shownin Fig. 4. Fig. 6 is a sectional view illustrating afurther modification of my improved stand. f

'In the drawings, 1 represents the legs of the stand, it beingpreferable ,to use three legs as shown in the drawing although my invention is equally applicable to a stand having four or more legs. The legs are formed from'bar iron segmental in cross section, the form of legs being best shown in Fig. 2.

2 is a ring supported at the upper ends of the legs and designed to-support a water cooler,- said ring being right angular in Specification of Letters Patent. I

' Patented Jan. 23,1912.

Application filed August 26, 1910. Serial No. 579,071.

cross-section and arranged with a vertical portion outermost and an inwardly extending horizontalportion as shown.

Referring first to Fig. 1, the upper end of eachof the legs is flattened and bent at a right angle to provide an inwardly extending horizontal portion3 adapted to lie beneath the horizontal portion of the ring 2,

which horizontal portion is offset vertically at 4 so that the extremity 5 of said horizontal portion may lie upon the upper surface of horizontal portion of the ring 2, said ring being provided with a slot 6 through which the end of the flattened portion of the leg extends as shown in the draw ing. The leg is therefore, as will. be understood, secured tothe ring adjacent the inner 'end' of the horizontally extendingflattened upper end thereof throughthe action of. the slot 6 and offset at 4 and the extremity 5 of such portion. The upper ends of the legs thus having a horizontal portion extending beneath the horizontal portion of the ring and secured thereto adjacent the end of such horizon'talportion, it will be seen that after the leg and ring are in engagement movement of the leg outward from the axial line of the stand will swing the leg about its point of connection with the ring and force the horizontal portion of the leg upward against the adjacent surface of the ring, thus securing an extremely rigid connection between the upper ends of the legs and the ring 2. I

7 is a brace member connecting'the legs of the stand together andwhich brace, as it is forced into place in assembling the stand, forces the legs outward-and produces the interlocking action above explained.

-This brace contacts, preferably," with the inner surfaces of the legs, as the legs may I bemore efiectively'forced apart if 'SUCh IS the case, and the brace after assuming a, v

horizontal position is secured in place and a more rigid structure procured by means of screws 8 which pass through washers 9 and engage cap nuts 10 the cap'or head of i which engages the outer surface of the legs.

In the modified form of my invention shown inFigs. 4 and 5, the upper'end of each of the legs is flattened and bent upon itself to form a loop at 12, the inner portion of which loop is in contact with the vertical portionof the ring 2 when the parts are assembled. The flattened portion of the leg is bent a second time to form a horizontal extension 13 extending beneath the horizontal portion of the ring. The end of the horizontal extension 13 is preferably bent so as to extend upward over the inner edge and to the upper surface of the horizontal portion of the ringas at 14, andthe said horizontal portion of the flattened end of the leg is secured to the horizontal portion of the ring adjacent the inner edge thereof, either by means of the upwardly bent end 14, or by means of a bolt 15 extending through the ring and leg, or by both said features. A recess 16 is also preferably provided iii the ring 2 as-shown and within which the bent portion 14 aforesaid lies when the parts are assembled;

In the form of my invention shown in Figs. 4 and 5 in addition to the horizontal portion 13 being forced against the under side of the ring as the, parts are assembled the inner portion of the loop 12 is also forced against the vertical portion of the ring 2, whereby increased rigidity is secured.

In assembling. the stand the legs are first loosely engaged with the ring, after which the brace member is placed between the legs in an inclined position and then forced into a horizontal position, which act spreads the legs and forces the horizontal upper ends thereof against the under side of the ring as explained. p

In the modified form of my invention shown in Fig. 6 the upper ends of the legs are bent to form a loop at 17 the inner portion of which is in contact with the vertical portion of the ring 2 when the parts areassembled, the same as in the form shown in Figs. 4 and 5. The legs have also horizontal extensions 18 beneath .the horizontal portion of'the ring as in these figures but the legs are secured to the ring by causing their ends to extend through slots 19, similar to the method illustrated in Fig. 1, instead of by bending them upward over the inner edge of the horizontal portion of the ring as' 1n' Figs. 4 and 5.

Having thus described my invention and explained the operation thereof, I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

1. A water cooler stand comprising a ring adapted to support a water cooler and vertical sections of which are right-angular in form and the vertical portion of which ring is outermost, a plurality of legs the upper ends of which are bent to provide a vertical portion in contact with the vertical portion of said ring and a horizontal portion in contact with and extending beneath the horizontal portion of said ring and inwardly toward the axial line of .the'stand, and the horizontal portion of each leg being secured adjacent its inner end to the horizontal portion of said ring; and a brace member conlower surface of which ring lies in a horizontal plane and is of considerable extent in a radial direction. and said ring having a plurality of oblong slots adjacent its inner periphery through which'the ends of sup porting legs may extend; a plurality of'legs the upper ends of which are bent to provide a horizontal portion in contact with and extendingbeneath the lower surface of said ring and inwardly toward the axial line of the stand, and the horizontal portion of each leg being provided with an offset portion adapted to lie within the slots aforesaid when the stand is assembled; and a brace member connecting said legs with one another. the arrangement of the parts being such that as said hraee member is placed in position the horizontal portions of said legs will be forced against the lower surface aforesaid of said ring.

3. A water cooler stand comprising a ring adapted to support a. water cooler .and vertical sections of which are right-angular in form and the vertical portion ofwhich ring is outermost, and the horizontal portion of' said ring having a plurality of oblong slots adjacent its inner periphery through which theends of supporting legs may extend; a plurality of legs the upper ends of which are bent to provide a vertical portion in contact with the vertical portion of said ring and a horizontal portion in contact with and extending beneath the horizontal portion of said ring and inwardly toward the axial line of the stand, and the horizontal portion of each leg being provided with an offset portion adapted to lie within the slots aforesaid when the stand is assembled; and a brace such that as said brace member is placed in position the horizontalportions of said legs .will be forced against the horizontal portion, and the vertical portions thereof against the vertical portion of said ring.

This specification signed and witnessed this twenty first day of July A. D. 1910.

HENRY G. CORDLEY. 

